Can anyone tell me, what is the history of the apparently ex-industrial site on the left as you climb Harlaw Road ? From fhe road all you can see are a flight of steps up a steep bank but at the top it opens out to a large flat area with an earth bank around its border and a concrete drive down to the road to the rear of a row of garages.
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Harlaw Road history question
(7 posts)- Started 10 years ago by Charterhall
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That is a hill made out of residue from either snuff or possibly paper mill.quite popular with rabbits at the top
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But why has it been levelled off below the top of the bank and why was a drive built into it ? It's so flat it looks like it has been prepared for a building, or has been the site of a building that has been demolished.
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Drive to get the stuff up once it got high?
The lip thing possibly landscaping?
The wise man wouldn't build his house on this paper rock
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So its a papier mache bing ?
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There is (or was) a covered water reservoir about two-thirds of the way up Harlaw Road. I don't recall any garages though.
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Yes a papier mâché bing, nice
The paper bing is closer to the foot of the road, just after the river.( The garages are small with red or blue doors)
And a row of houses known as piano cottages
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